FIFA faces prospect of more empty seats at WCup


FIFA faces prospect of more empty seats at WCup

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FIFA faces prospect of more empty seats at WCup


JOHANNESBURG (AP) -There could be more empty seats at another two World Cup matches, FIFA said Saturday.

About 5,000 tickets were still available for the Uruguay-South Korea match later in the day at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, FIFA said.

In addition, 1,700 tickets are available for the second-round match involving United States and Ghana on Saturday night at Royal Bafokeng Stadium in Rustenburg.

Filling the stadium in Port Elizabeth - which has a capacity of 42,486 - has been particularly problematic. Already there were 11,000 empty seats for the South Korea-Greece game; 5,000 empty seats for England-Slovenia; and 4,000 empty for Germany-Serbia.

Empty seats could become a bigger problem in the knockout rounds, because many fans purchase "team specific'' tickets to follow their team, but if the draw doesn't play out as expected - such as England playing in Bloemfontein instead of Rustenburg - many tickets need to be re-allotted.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/soccer/wires/06/26/2080.ap.soc.wcup.empty.seats.1st.ld.writethru.0295/index.html#ixzz0rx5tXnqJ

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